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Music

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Search for Articles on Music

Enter terms into the box below to search databases focused on music and related topics for articles and other content.

Databases focused on Music

The following library databases contain articles and other content on interactive media studies and related topics.

• African American Song

Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 16,000 African-American songs; genres include blues, jazz, gospel, ragtime, and more

• American Song

Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 14,000 American songs; genres include folk, rock, jazz, zydeco, bluegrass and more

• Classical Music Library

Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 50,000 classical music recordings

• Contemporary World Music

Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 9,000 songs from contemporary artists from around the globe; genres include reggae, Tejano, Afropop, Bollywood, flamenco and more

• Smithsonian Global Sound

Streaming audio and liner notes for tens of thousands of folk, traditional, classical, and popular music recordings from around the globe; includes complete Smithsonian Folkways collection

• JSTOR
Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects
• Academic Search Premier
4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

General Academic Databases

These library databases include coverage of all topics.

• Academic Search Premier
• ArticleFirst
• Chicago Tribune (1985 - present)
• Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1985)
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• CQ Researcher
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• JSTOR
• New York Times (1980 - present)
• New York Times (1851 - 2003)
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Project Muse

Journal Holdings on Music

Follow the link below to see a list of journals, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals at Oesterle Library on the topic of music.

• Link to list of journals on music

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Search for Books on Music

In order to find books on music, choose the "Subject" search from the pull-down menu and enter Music into the search box, or click on one of the "Suggested Searches" below to run a search in the library's catalog.

Any Word Anywhere Title Magazine/Journal Title Boolean Search Subject Author Prolific Author/Composer Call Number

Suggested searches: Jazz, Music Theory, Opera

Reference Works on Music

• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Call number: R 780.3 N42s 2 ed
• The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
  Call Number: R 780.9 G18n
• New Grove Dictionary of American Music
  Call Number: R 780.9003 N42
• The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music
• The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
• The Harvard Dictionary of Music